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SANAA

Japanese architectural firm

Also known as: Sejima and Nishizawa and Associates

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New Museum
Move to the Bowery and expansion
…Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA were chosen to design a new permanent home for the institution. The building, located at 235 Bowery, opened in 2007 and resembles a tower of stacked boxes of various sizes. In 2022 the New Museum broke ground on an expansion by Rem Koolhaas and…
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…Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA were chosen to design a new permanent home for the institution. The building, located at 235 Bowery, opened in 2007 and resembles a tower of stacked boxes of various sizes. In 2022 the New Museum broke ground on an expansion by Rem Koolhaas and…
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Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa
…founding partners of the firm SANAA (Sejima and Nishizawa and Associates), designed structures that were admired for their refined simplicity, spatial fluidity, and thoughtful integration into their surroundings. In 2010 they were awarded the Pritzker Prize, becoming only the second partnership to be so honoured. (The first was Jacques Herzog…
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…founding partners of the firm SANAA (Sejima and Nishizawa and Associates), designed structures that were admired for their refined simplicity, spatial fluidity, and thoughtful integration into their surroundings. In 2010 they were awarded the Pritzker Prize, becoming only the second partnership to be so honoured. (The first was Jacques Herzog…
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